A3. (Bond valuation) General Electric made a coupon payment yesterday on its 6.75% bonds

That mature in 8.5 years. If the required return on these bonds is 8% APR, what should be

The market price of these bonds?
A13. (Required return for a preferred stock) Sony $4.50 preferred is selling for $65.50. The preferred
Dividend is non growing. What is the required return on Sony preferred stock?
A15. (Stock valuation) Let’s say the Mill Due Corporation is expected to pay a dividend of $5.00
Per year on its common stock forever into the future. It has no growth prospects whatsoever.
If the required return on Mill Due’s common stock is 14%, what is a share worth?
B15. (Interest-rate risk) A quick look at bond quotes will tell you that GMAC has many different
Issues of bonds outstanding. Suppose that four of them have identical coupon rates of
7.25% but mature on four different dates. One matures in 2 years, one in 5 years, one in
10 years, and the last in 20 years. Assume that they all made coupon payments yesterday.
a. If the yield curve were flat and all four bonds had the same yield to maturity of 9%,
What would be the fair price of each bond today?
b. Suppose that during the first hour of operation of the capital markets today, the term
Structure shifts and the yield to maturity of all these bonds changes to 10%. What is the
Fair price of each bond now?
c. Suppose that in the second hour of trading, the yield to maturity of all these bonds
Changes once more to 8%. Now what is the fair price of each bond?
d. Based on the price changes in response to the changes in yield to maturity, how is
Interest-rate risk a function of the bond’s maturity? That is, is interest-rate risk the
Same for all four bonds, or does it depend on the bond’s maturity?